3. World Cookie Cutters

For the geographer that likes to bake, these plastic cookie cutters come in seven shapes representing the contents of North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia (if you go by the seven continent approach). The seventh cookie cutter is for Greenland (part of the continent of North America. Antartica isn’t included in the set.

6. K-DRON Universe Globe Map Hybrid

In 1985 Polish artist and mathematician Janusz Kapusta discovered a new geometrical shape – an eleven faced polyhedron, which he called the K-dron. This map-globe hybrid features two k-dron solids which lets user view side-by-side geographic sites located at opposite sides of traditional round globes and also alternate between earth and sky views. The K-DRON Universe folds down into 3.25″ tall.

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Geography Book Pick

The Look of Maps: An Examination of Cartographic Design is a cartographic classic by Arthur H. Robinson originally published in 1952. The book was based on Robinson’s doctoral research “which investigated the relationship between science and art in cartography and the resultant refinement of graphic techniques in mapmaking to present dynamic geographic information.”